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10 points by bigheadpercoli 10 years ago · 11 comments

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azinman2 10 years ago

The uber reference is very unclear here. You're not ordering anything that comes to you.

jyothepro 10 years ago

There is already something called Uber Events - https://www.uber.com/events

bitwarrior 10 years ago

TIL "Uber" is the new word for "App"

carlosdp 10 years ago

This isn't really an "Uber for x" product...

  • hamburglar 10 years ago

    This person has made the common mistake of thinking "Uber for x" means "an app for finding x on a map."

    OP: the innovation of Uber has nothing to do with their car-finder app. It has to do with the fact that they've figured out a way to compete with a huge established business that historically has required huge capital expenditures to build a fleet of cars, and they've done it by tapping a massively underutilized and very cheap resource: other people's idle cars. This is precisely why taxi companies can't respond just by building a great app for hailing a taxi.

overcast 10 years ago

Would probably help to mention the name of the product. Is this delivering events to you?

colept 10 years ago

"Uber for x" click-bait title.

For shame OP, Uber isn't a common noun.

bigheadpercoliOP 10 years ago

Didn't actually make it. Use it and thought it's cool.

thwarted 10 years ago

This used to be called Upcoming, but Yahoo shut that down.

josephjrobison 10 years ago

It actually looks pretty cool. I'll definitely check it out, congrats on shipping!

And good use of an attention-catching title. No fault there.

  • colept 10 years ago

    No fault there?

    Since when do you load up the Uber app just to see what cars are around you? Going window shopping for rides to nowhere? At best it's "Living Social" without the discounts.

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